Newcastle lost again yesterday, going down 1-0 away to Stoke and after the game, under fire boss Alan Pardew has some choice words for the local press effectively blaming them for a run that's yielded 2 wins from 16 games:
"I think the local press up in the North-East have been damaging for us this week,"
"They've come for us, they've been banned from the stadium and that's reflected in the fans today. "
The Sunday Sun decided to address this (Regional paper, not to be confused with The Sun on Sunday) :